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Re: Imagine MAME running on this ....
01/12/13 11:18 AM
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> It's amazing you have kept that unit working and functional in this day and age
> considering the way a lot of people are known to treat electronics or trash a laptop
> because of a virus, failed HDD, or some other problem.
One of the reasons it's still alive is probably due to the fact it's never really been feasible to upgrade it! Aside from a 3.5" floppy drive, there really isn't any other way to transfer files. It does have 2 PCMCIA slots, but I don't have anything else which uses these (I do have a PCMCIA hard disk which I found a few years ago, and Windows detected it and installed without fault or even needing to use the nonexistent CD-ROM!). The main drawback with it being a base model 440CX is that the default CD-ROM drive (included in the Toshiba Satellite 440CDX) is replaced with on onboard floppy, whereas the CDX has a tray-loading CD drive and an external floppy.
The previous owner (apparently a school) apparently did use the internet on this machine many years ago, however I am not sure how this was done - it has IE3 and an early Netscape, the latter being the default browser. Most likely it probably came with a 28.8 or 33.6 modem back in the day.
It still has the original battery too, although it lasts about 2 minutes from fully charged to Windows complaining about low battery. I'm surprised it can even hold a charge to start with.
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